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i am not too familiar with maryland. maryland tends to be one of the, i think, one of the higher- income states. if you are a single woman with no children it depends on the income level. i think it is 100% of poverty. if you are unemployed, that counts as income, but if you are below 100% of the poverty level and you apply, there is an asset test. if you have an expensive house, a lot of money in the bank, that might not work. every state has different qualifications, different thresholds. call the state of maryland resource office and apply. if you have been unemployed in your assets have diminished, you probably have a reasonably good chance. to be honest, you have a much better chance if you have children. host: does every state have the same party line figure? guest: yes. it is said federally. it is optional if you are a single woman or man, it varies last the by state. it will change in 2014. it was designed to be a welfare program to support women with children. host: this the poverty line change? guest: yes, it c
i am not too familiar with maryland. maryland tends to be one of the, i think, one of the higher- income states. if you are a single woman with no children it depends on the income level. i think it is 100% of poverty. if you are unemployed, that counts as income, but if you are below 100% of the poverty level and you apply, there is an asset test. if you have an expensive house, a lot of money in the bank, that might not work. every state has different qualifications, different thresholds....
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host: sec's bill, maryland. chris on the republican line. -- sykesville, maryland. caller: you opposed the war. i assume that you are pushing for some kind of attenuated approach to this. number one, do you oppose president obama's campaign promise to prosecute the afghanistan war, and do you agree that he is incompetent in executing it? and are you going to open the oppose president obama and put forward another candidate who can take the approach you want in the afghanistan war? what exactly is your position? are you going to stand up and have occurred for your political convictions, or will you continue to bleed the soldiers dry and allow the president to muddle through? guest: people want to turn away from partisanship tenderly come up -- and generally, but i could criticize president bush for several things. this is an example of the kind of partnership that exists out there. i could criticize obama for having inherited a difficult situation and somehow not miraculously solving it overnight. the fact is this is a difficult situation that the president finds him
host: sec's bill, maryland. chris on the republican line. -- sykesville, maryland. caller: you opposed the war. i assume that you are pushing for some kind of attenuated approach to this. number one, do you oppose president obama's campaign promise to prosecute the afghanistan war, and do you agree that he is incompetent in executing it? and are you going to open the oppose president obama and put forward another candidate who can take the approach you want in the afghanistan war? what exactly...
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pasadena, maryland, a democrat, laura. caller: i never know if i should call on the independent what democrat line because i voted for nader, and i took his november 5 pledge to watch the senate like a hawk. host: keep going. caller: it is really scary. i think we have an absolutely dysfunctional senate. as nader said, we need to vote in 2010, get congress back on track. host: vote for what offer home? caller: vote for a better congress. host: what would make a better congress and who would be there? caller: people who were not lying about being democrat. republicans who were a little bit more -- not quite so much libertarian. i am sorry, i can hear you when i turn my tv down. host: go ahead and finish up, laura. caller: as far as obama, i think congress is blocking him. his promise to close down get mauled, then congress decided no detainees can be released in the u.s. -- his promise to close down gtmo. he is one-third of the government. i would like to point that out. host: time for one last call. edward, republican from
pasadena, maryland, a democrat, laura. caller: i never know if i should call on the independent what democrat line because i voted for nader, and i took his november 5 pledge to watch the senate like a hawk. host: keep going. caller: it is really scary. i think we have an absolutely dysfunctional senate. as nader said, we need to vote in 2010, get congress back on track. host: vote for what offer home? caller: vote for a better congress. host: what would make a better congress and who would be...
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for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker: without objection. >> madam speaker, today i rise to ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating the accomplishments of the salisbury alumni chapter of kappa alpha chi fraternity. this year marks 20 years of dedication to the youth of salisbury, maryland, by providing them with a positive outlet through their summer basketball league. mr. kratovil: the co-directors of the basketball league are bruce wharton and tom van landinghan. they have a program that keeps children off the street when schools are closed. the league started for kids on the west side of salisbury and over the years have shown numerous children the possibilities life has to offer. while basketball is the hook, they also strive to show kids the positive side of life by surrounding them with examples of positive male and female role models. bruce and tom plan seminars and everything from avoiding the temptations of avoiding a gang to good e
for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker: without objection. >> madam speaker, today i rise to ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating the accomplishments of the salisbury alumni chapter of kappa alpha chi fraternity. this year marks 20 years of dedication to the youth of salisbury, maryland, by providing them with a positive outlet through their summer basketball league. mr. kratovil:...
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line in maryland, good morning. -- let's take a call from the democrats line in maryland, good morning. caller: how can they take somebody's wages away from them? some people that do the job do not make enough to make ends meet. so, when you get unemployment, it is really not enough. when you combine them both and a look at what is going on in this country, out in the world can people say -- howl in the world can people say we do not need unemployment? a lotf people need unemployment you do not have jobs. guest: i hope lots of callers are listening because your to senators have been supporters of this from the beginning. lester is hoped that they can convince their colleagues -- let's just hope that they can convince their colleagues in the senate. this vote would give them the extensions they need until the end of november. only have to 99 weeks so that they can put food on the table. host: mark from texas, good morning. caller: i am a republican, and i just turned 47 in june. i lost my job in may of 2009 after 12.
line in maryland, good morning. -- let's take a call from the democrats line in maryland, good morning. caller: how can they take somebody's wages away from them? some people that do the job do not make enough to make ends meet. so, when you get unemployment, it is really not enough. when you combine them both and a look at what is going on in this country, out in the world can people say -- howl in the world can people say we do not need unemployment? a lotf people need unemployment you do not...
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maryland, ray, good morning. caller: if the people should step down from the senate and the congress when they are 70 years old, why is it that the supreme court people stay on their sometimes until they are dead? that is ridiculous. they all should step down because if the senators are not capable of doing their job, which apparently is the case now, they are not doing their job, because of age, the supreme court, they should also be retired at 70. host: nor folk, new york, bob, you are on the air. caller: thank you for the opportunity. they have got to give you the best. so, i think that there should be term limits on these guys. an old dog can learn good new tricks. i think that i would like to see term limits. thank you very much. host: this is from "the new york times" this morning. "former bush justice department official that approve the brutal methods told congress that he never authorize other rough tactics reportedly inflicted on terrorism suspects. in closed-door testimony before the house judiciary co
maryland, ray, good morning. caller: if the people should step down from the senate and the congress when they are 70 years old, why is it that the supreme court people stay on their sometimes until they are dead? that is ridiculous. they all should step down because if the senators are not capable of doing their job, which apparently is the case now, they are not doing their job, because of age, the supreme court, they should also be retired at 70. host: nor folk, new york, bob, you are on the...
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host: of go to maryland, republican. caller: my question is with the interest rates set to rise and all of that, and all of the people on those programs -- you know, those teaser rates at 4%, while in the world that our banks not fix the programs of the people could afford to stop day in their homes? they were at least getting payments on their income than and bree will to afford those payments. i do not know why it with an emergency situation that we had that the gains could not just fix the rates at the low rates where people were actually making their payments and keep it there for a period of time until anything -- everything settle down. guest: i look on this a little bit as an outside observer because our banks did not make those kinds of loans. i think the caller is right, it is a major puzzlement as to why investors do not say, yeah, we cannot get the high rate that we bargained for, but we never expected to get paid better way anyway. and we expected billone to roll over or refinance. so, let's do the smart thin
host: of go to maryland, republican. caller: my question is with the interest rates set to rise and all of that, and all of the people on those programs -- you know, those teaser rates at 4%, while in the world that our banks not fix the programs of the people could afford to stop day in their homes? they were at least getting payments on their income than and bree will to afford those payments. i do not know why it with an emergency situation that we had that the gains could not just fix the...
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our next caller is a viewer from maryland. good morning to you. caller: i support chancellor michelle rhee's position. there are so many teachers and that is not the major they had in college. they could not find a job in their career fields of a fell back on teaching. likedon't particularly kids so they don't do well further has to be a measurement tool. the only question i have is the confidence of the evaluate her. i wonder if these evaluations have been reviewed by an assistant superintendent. i had a child in the d.c. school system that went to jefferson junior high school in southwest under the principality of miss vera white and that is the model for all teachers and the d.c. school system. you have to portray that excellence from the front of the classroom and that starts with the front door as soon as the school bell rings host: thank you for the call. vivian says that as a heckuva lot of teachers. why are they also bad at teaching? we're joined by someone who opposes the idea from tallahassee, florida, good morning. caller: two. want to
our next caller is a viewer from maryland. good morning to you. caller: i support chancellor michelle rhee's position. there are so many teachers and that is not the major they had in college. they could not find a job in their career fields of a fell back on teaching. likedon't particularly kids so they don't do well further has to be a measurement tool. the only question i have is the confidence of the evaluate her. i wonder if these evaluations have been reviewed by an assistant...
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host: let's move on to maryland, on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. i think the president can rebound even though he has a lot of people who are against him, especially the other parties. i think evealso corporations are holding back on jobs. there was an article in the "washington post" this week that said some are holding back on their cash reserves, making sure that they will have money, but at the same time keep advertising jobs. but they're not hiring people. if i were the president, if you go online to usa jobs, a lot of those are government jobs. i would make sure my administration would not have any type of jobs out there, no longer than 90 days. host: this morning in the new orleans paper -- jindal thrived in crisis. also, this morning in "the washington post" -- cap may erase sense of hopelessness in oil spill. joe writes -- so is it over? joining us on the phone to update us on the situation regarding the capping of the well and the cleanup in the gulf is admiral thad allen, retired u.s. coast guard, now the national incident commander of t
host: let's move on to maryland, on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. i think the president can rebound even though he has a lot of people who are against him, especially the other parties. i think evealso corporations are holding back on jobs. there was an article in the "washington post" this week that said some are holding back on their cash reserves, making sure that they will have money, but at the same time keep advertising jobs. but they're not hiring people. if i...
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host: oscar joins us from maryland on the democratic line. good morning to you, oscar. caller: thank you for taking my call. one of my main concerns is that we went into the war mainly because of the disaster of george bush and dick cheney who now own curdish region of iraqi oil. his father was pushed into going to war. now they are in the curdish region and owns the oil. as soon -- as long as he is there, they will be there to protect the interest of the one american. i would encourage everyone to go them and see the fascinating articles that come up. what is your stance regarding that? guest: there's no doubt that oil is an important economic asset. i would just like to clarify that most -- the majority of the major oil fields in a iraq are under the country. nearly all of the oil contracts were awarded to various international countries. only one of which is american. you cannot really equate the search for oil directly with american policy. there are other companies involved, some of which are american. the scale of the involvement cannot be compared to the amount o
host: oscar joins us from maryland on the democratic line. good morning to you, oscar. caller: thank you for taking my call. one of my main concerns is that we went into the war mainly because of the disaster of george bush and dick cheney who now own curdish region of iraqi oil. his father was pushed into going to war. now they are in the curdish region and owns the oil. as soon -- as long as he is there, they will be there to protect the interest of the one american. i would encourage...
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if someone wants cheaper liquor, their rundown to maryland or new jersey. they go somewhere else where they are not run by the states. if the state gets rid of it, we do away with the wages. a point on wages, by the way. the wages for state workers are very good. the benefits are excellent. you cannot get all of those benefits in private industry. there is a lot of cost and maintenance and upkeep for those. basically, they are getting some profit at the height maintenance cost. collect the taxes. we will get as much money as we would from the so-called profit from the liquor stores. and the unions -- the salary in the state is very good. benefits are excellent. but state government is inefficient. we probably have too many people to begin with. unions, by and large, do you ever notice when we talk about bankers and wall street and those fat cats, we always used the term, "agreed -- "greed?" but if you try to cut saiu by 1 cent, the greed comes out of their years and their eyes. it is amazing. host: we're down to the last minute or so. give us your take on t
if someone wants cheaper liquor, their rundown to maryland or new jersey. they go somewhere else where they are not run by the states. if the state gets rid of it, we do away with the wages. a point on wages, by the way. the wages for state workers are very good. the benefits are excellent. you cannot get all of those benefits in private industry. there is a lot of cost and maintenance and upkeep for those. basically, they are getting some profit at the height maintenance cost. collect the...
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aberdeen, maryland, jason on the republican line. what do you think of what the chairman said? caller: i think it's wonderfully consistent with the republican party with michael steele at the helm. continued conflicting message between their own party. this party is in disarray. they need to get it together. michael steele has an array of things he should have been fired for and the reason he's not been fired, the only reason is because they're afraid to fire the black man they hired. that's plain and simple. host: here is bill kristol's letter, i think we have time, dear michael you are i know a patriot so i ask you to consider over this july fourth weekend doing an act of service for the country you love. resign as chairman of the republican party. your tenure has been marked by gaffes and embarmentse, but i for one have never made much attention to them and never thought they would matter much to the success of the causes and principles we share. but now you have said about the war in afghanistan speaking as r.n.c. chair, quote, keep in mind federal candidates that this is a
aberdeen, maryland, jason on the republican line. what do you think of what the chairman said? caller: i think it's wonderfully consistent with the republican party with michael steele at the helm. continued conflicting message between their own party. this party is in disarray. they need to get it together. michael steele has an array of things he should have been fired for and the reason he's not been fired, the only reason is because they're afraid to fire the black man they hired. that's...
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baltimore, maryland. go ahead. caller: i wanted to talk about the conservatism of the supreme court. as an african american, i look at clarence thomas and think about how much of a disgrace he is as far as diversity in this country, because the conservative party does not represent diversity. thurgood marshall was a man who stood up for all minorities, and also, clarence thomas was a man who had the deciding votes to get george w. bush in office and you see what happened with eight years of george bush. i see -- i think that we have to understand that the supreme court is a very conservative supreme court, and if we continue to go this way and not think about the fact that diversity made this country great, then the country is going to hell in a handbasket. host: more of the history. four of the six most conservative justices, of the 44 will have set on the court since 1937, are serving now. chief justice roberts -- justice anthony kennedy, the swing justice is in the top 10. the roberts scored is finding laws unco
baltimore, maryland. go ahead. caller: i wanted to talk about the conservatism of the supreme court. as an african american, i look at clarence thomas and think about how much of a disgrace he is as far as diversity in this country, because the conservative party does not represent diversity. thurgood marshall was a man who stood up for all minorities, and also, clarence thomas was a man who had the deciding votes to get george w. bush in office and you see what happened with eight years of...
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beautiful little 7-year-old girl and the first lady is out there hosting an activity with the children in maryland. the kid says hey, first lady, my mother says the president is trying to get people out of the country who don't have papers. and but we're trying to get papers. and the first lady handled it softly and said we'll -- but there's 4 million kids like that in america. i say bring them forward, fingerprint them. register them with the government. make sure they are not involved in criminal activity and tax them and team them english. let that little 7 queerled-year-old girl have a mother. host: republican line, bonnie. good morning. caller: i have a question. please don't cut me off, because this here has really been -- haiti has the highest rate of child slavery. they have opened up the flood gates and there's these old men who bring three and four young women to new york and have children by every one of them and their culture, they all go on welfare. my son does construction and he told me he would rather have a mexican come in and work. when they come in, they come in. they do their j
beautiful little 7-year-old girl and the first lady is out there hosting an activity with the children in maryland. the kid says hey, first lady, my mother says the president is trying to get people out of the country who don't have papers. and but we're trying to get papers. and the first lady handled it softly and said we'll -- but there's 4 million kids like that in america. i say bring them forward, fingerprint them. register them with the government. make sure they are not involved in...
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maryland is next on our independent line talking about the elections of 2010, and with it will be a remped dumb on the current president. but before we do that, in light of the story we just read, here is general petraeus yesterday among ceremonies of him taking control in afghanistan. >> the confidence of the afghan people. in so doing they're killing and maming innocent civilians on a daily basis. no tactic is beneath the insurgents. indeed, they even use unwitting children and they frequently seek to create situations that will result in injury to afghan citizens. in answer, we must demonstrate to the people and to the taliban that afghan and isaf forces are here to safe guard the afghan people and that we are in this to win. that is our clear objective. host: jim, thanks for waiting. go ahead. caller: i thought that his chances being elected are definitely affected by what he has been able to accomplish thus far, as far as pulling troops out, protecting us from wire tapping. and those hard core issues, which actually he doubled the number of troops over there. our ok pansy number doubl
maryland is next on our independent line talking about the elections of 2010, and with it will be a remped dumb on the current president. but before we do that, in light of the story we just read, here is general petraeus yesterday among ceremonies of him taking control in afghanistan. >> the confidence of the afghan people. in so doing they're killing and maming innocent civilians on a daily basis. no tactic is beneath the insurgents. indeed, they even use unwitting children and they...
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host: mount airy, maryland. caller: basically, people in washington are not listening to the american people. if you closed down the border, it would show that we are the problem. the drug traffic would stop because the border would be closed. that would address a lot of issues. it is not a matter of democrat, republican. we are pretty much in the same vote. host: jess ford is the director of international affairs and trade at the gao. have you looked at the issue of the fence along the border? guest: we have another part of the gao looking at that part of the program, looking at border initiatives. we have not yet completed the work, so i cannot comment on our findings. host: arkansas. caller: i just have a simple question. why is this administration, and the past administration, why the you keep trying to build a nationations? this is our nation. we are not doing this for the people of mexico. we have people dying, we have had state parks that are closing down, but you refuse to recognize that. i do not unders
host: mount airy, maryland. caller: basically, people in washington are not listening to the american people. if you closed down the border, it would show that we are the problem. the drug traffic would stop because the border would be closed. that would address a lot of issues. it is not a matter of democrat, republican. we are pretty much in the same vote. host: jess ford is the director of international affairs and trade at the gao. have you looked at the issue of the fence along the border?...
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from silver spring, maryland's next with bob on the republican line. caller: i look forward to reading your book. can you tell us how many foreign countries the u.s. has troops in? and how much this is costing every year? guest: good question. i don't have the numbers off the top of my head. i actually think trying to get a firm number is very difficult. some people have tried. the number of countries where the u.s. has military presence is large. the cost of that is quite remarkably high. i am not suggesting the u.s. should withdraw from all those commitments. there are lots of places in the world where the expense is relatively low given the degree of stability that we maintain. it might not be a good idea for the u.s. to withdraw troops from japan and have japan go nuclear and then have a more destabilizing arms race in asia. but i think there are -- i don't think -- we should be willing to have a hard look at all of these commitments and not simply allow the inner chef of past commitments to basically continue on forever, because i think we are goi
from silver spring, maryland's next with bob on the republican line. caller: i look forward to reading your book. can you tell us how many foreign countries the u.s. has troops in? and how much this is costing every year? guest: good question. i don't have the numbers off the top of my head. i actually think trying to get a firm number is very difficult. some people have tried. the number of countries where the u.s. has military presence is large. the cost of that is quite remarkably high. i am...